Woodlands beauty proud of virginity, stars on dating show

For Texas beauty queen Angela Zatopek, starring in Eva Longoria’s online dating series “Ready For Love” and being a virgin gives her celebrity status.

After all, both Olympian track star Lolo Jones and devout Christian football player Tim Tebow claim to be virgins.

“I feel like today being a virgin is like a taboo,” said Zatopek, 25, a 5-10 former Miss Texas 2012 contestant from The Woodlands. “There’s not a lot of people who can understand waiting until marriage. I know the right person can appreciate that. A virgin doesn’t mean being a prude. I go to Vegas. I go to parties. I have fun.”

On Longoria’s show, which initially aired on NBC, Zatopek is one of a dozen women vying for love with the show’s bachelor Ben Patton, a hospital CEO from Dallas who was handpicked by Longoria. The show, which finished taping in the fall, is currently airing on NBC.com and Hulu.

A graduate of University of Texas-Austin, Zatopek has worked as a reporter with FOX and CBS covering college sports and is regularly featured on ESPN Houston Radio on 97.5 FM.

Zatopek says she hopes to be an inspiration for a generation of young women. She’s even launched a ring collection, “ONE LOVE,” in collaboration with reality stars Lisa and Brittny Gastineau. The collection was featured on the “700 Club” and is inspired by Zatopek’s decision to save sex for marriage. Rings are $179.99 and will be soon available at www.onelovecollection.com. In the meantime, fans can sign up to be on the wait list to be the first to know when the jewelry is available.

The rings, she said, are a symbol of faith. “We all go through let downs and disappointments but you always have one love of God.

So what did Zatopek learn about dating from the show?

“Keep an open heart, have an open mind in the process and stay true to who you are,” she said. “A lot of young girls are pressured to be physical. We should guard our hearts for the right person.”

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You go Girl, hold your head up high, been married for over 50 years and my lady was a virgin. There other people coming up with all this B S about one thing or another, just don’t understand and they don’t want to admit that they are pissed off at themselves because they couldn’t stay true to themselves.

It was probably just one of the many questions asked by the Chron, and they chose to run with that subject. I got interviewed once and they edited out most of what the story was about to where I didn’t even get the jist of what the story was. She may have answered a lot more questions than this, and then it gets edited down to what’s left, and people think this was the whole interview. I promise you it ins’t. They wouldn’t change my published story when I asked.

It’s just a shame that a young lady with such high morals and virtues is to be featured on a program hosted by one of Nobama’s stooges. And Eva’s track record is not anything to be championed. She marries a black, French NBA player and is shocked when he cheats on her? Duh!

To all of you who think waiting is so overrated you need to get out more and talk to some young men and women who have had children out of wedlock. Ask them if it’s overrated. And even those who didn’t have children the deep-seated feeling that you gave away something very precious and valuable to someone other than your spouse is very real. And the lack of experience take?? C’ mon people! Is that all you’ve got? Part of the fun of waiting is learning and experiencing together. Bottom line…no serious person ever truly regretted waiting. The regrets are myriad in the other group.

I think she and Tim Tebow should get together and make some awkward, uncomfortable, unenjoyable love. Then once that is over they can relax and practice till its perfect (or at least fun). Bom chicka wow wow.